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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method for storing a fluoro-2-butene.
• Unsaturated fluorocarbons disclosed, for example, in PTLs 1 and 2 may be used as an etching gas for dry etching.
• a fluoro-2-butene has attracted attention as an etching gas usable in state-of-the-art dry etching processes.
• Fluoro-2-butenes however, have Z- and E-geometric isomers, and isomerization reaction may proceed during storage for a long time.
• the present invention is intended to provide a method for storing a fluoro-2-butene by which isomerization reaction is unlikely to proceed during storage.
• aspects of the present invention are the following [1] to [3].
• the fluoro-2-butene contains or does not contain hydrogen chloride as an impurity, and the fluoro-2-butene is stored in a container in which the concentration of hydrogen chloride is 100 ppm by volume or less in a gas phase portion when the fluoro-2-butene contains hydrogen chloride.
• fluoro-2-butene is at least one selected from (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, (Z)-1,1,1,2,4,4,4-heptafluoro-2-butene, (E)-1,1,1,2,4,4,4-heptafluoro-2-butene, (Z)-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,4-octafluoro-2-butene, and (E)-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,4-octafluoro-2-butene.
• isomerization reaction of a fluoro-2-butene is unlikely to proceed during storage.
• the method for storing a fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment is a method for storing a fluoro-2-butene represented by general formula C 4 H x F y where x is 0 or more and 7 or less, y is 1 or more and 8 or less, and x+y is 8.
• the fluoro-2-butene contains or does not contain hydrogen chloride (HCl) as an impurity
• the fluoro-2-butene is stored in a container in which the concentration of hydrogen chloride is 100 ppm by volume or less in a gas phase portion when the fluoro-2-butene contains hydrogen chloride.
• a fluoro-2-butene contains hydrogen chloride as an impurity
• the catalytic action of hydrogen chloride accelerates isomerization reaction of the fluoro-2-butene.
• a fluoro-2-butene containing hydrogen chloride may be isomerized during storage, and the purity may decrease.
• a fluoro-2-butene stored by the method for storing a fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment contains no hydrogen chloride or contains hydrogen chloride at a small content and thus is unlikely to be isomerized even when stored for a long time, and the purity is unlikely to decrease. Accordingly, the fluoro-2-butene can be stably stored over a long time.
• the technology disclosed in PTLs 1 and 2 does not consider the concentration of hydrogen chloride in an unsaturated fluorocarbon. Hence, when a fluoro-2-butene is stored by the technology disclosed in PTLs 1 and 2, hydrogen chloride may accelerate isomerization reaction of the fluoro-2-butene. As a result, the fluoro-2-butene may be isomerized during storage, and the purity may decrease.
• the fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment is represented by general formula C 4 H x F y and satisfies three requirements in the general formula: x is 0 or more and 7 or less; y is 1 or more and 8 or less; and x+y is 8.
• the fluoro-2-butene may be any type that satisfies the above requirements.
• fluoro-2-butene examples include (Z)—CHF 2 —CF ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (E)-CHF 2 —CF ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (Z)—CF 3 —CH ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (E)-CF 3 —CH ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (Z)—CH 2 F—CF ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (E)-CH 2 F—CF ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (Z)—CHF 2 —CH ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (E)-CHF 2 —CH ⁇ CF—CF 3 , (Z)—CHF 2 —CF ⁇ CF—CHF 2 , (E)-CHF 2 —CF ⁇ CF—CHF 2 , (Z)—CF 3 —CH ⁇ CH—CF 3 , (E)-CF 3 —CH ⁇ CH—CF 3 , (Z)—CH 3 —CF ⁇ CH—CF 3 , (E)-CF 3 —CH ⁇ CH—CF 3 , (Z)—CH 3 —CF ⁇ CH—
• fluoro-2-butenes may be used singly or in combination of two or more of them.
• the above fluoro-2-butenes include E/Z-geometric isomers as described above, and any fluoro-2-butene in each geometric isomer form can be used in the method for storing a fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment.
• a gas consisting only of the fluoro-2-butene may be stored in a container, or a mixed gas containing the fluoro-2-butene and a dilution gas may be stored in a container.
• a dilution gas at least one gas selected from nitrogen gas (N 2 ), helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), and xenon (Xe) can be used.
• the content of the dilution gas is preferably 90% by volume or less and more preferably 50% by volume or less relative to the total volume of the gases stored in a container.
• the container in which a fluoro-2-butene is stored may be any container that can store a fluoro-2-butene and be sealed, and the shape, the size, the material, and the like are not specifically limited.
• the material of the container may be, for example, a metal, ceramics, or a resin. Examples of the metal include manganese steel, chrome molybdenum steel, stainless steel, Hastelloy (registered trademark), and Inconel (registered trademark).
• the fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment contains or does not contain hydrogen chloride as an impurity.
• the fluoro-2-butene is stored in a container in which the concentration of hydrogen chloride is 100 ppm by volume or less in a gas phase portion when the fluoro-2-butene contains hydrogen chloride. As described above, this condition suppresses the isomerization reaction of a fluoro-2-butene, and consequently, the fluoro-2-butene is unlikely to be isomerized during storage.
• concentration of hydrogen chloride in a gas phase portion is not more than the above concentration, the concentration of hydrogen chloride in a liquid phase portion is also sufficiently low.
• Hydrogen chloride may be generated in a production process of a fluoro-2-butene.
• concentration of hydrogen chloride in a fluoro-2-butene can be determined by using an infrared spectrometer, and the not containing hydrogen chloride means that hydrogen chloride cannot be quantified by using an infrared spectrometer.
• the concentration of hydrogen chloride in a gas phase portion is required to be 100 ppm by volume or less, but is preferably 50 ppm by volume or less and more preferably 10 ppm by volume or less.
• the concentration of hydrogen chloride in a gas phase portion may be 0.1 ppm by volume or more.
• a fluoro-2-butene containing hydrogen chloride at a low concentration may be produced by any method, and examples of the method include a method of removing hydrogen chloride from a fluoro-2-butene containing hydrogen chloride at a high concentration. Hydrogen chloride may be removed from a fluoro-2-butene by any method, and a known method may be used. Examples of the method include a method of bringing a fluoro-2-butene into contact with an adsorbent and allowing the adsorbent to adsorb hydrogen chloride, a method of bringing a fluoro-2-butene into contact with a reactant and allowing the reactant to react with hydrogen chloride, and a separation method by distillation. Specific examples of the adsorbent include molecular sieves and activated carbon.
• Pressure conditions during storage in the method for storing a fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment are not specifically limited as long as a fluoro-2-butene can be sealed and stored in a container, but the pressure is preferably 0.05 MPa or more and 5 MPa or less and more preferably 0.1 MPa or more and 3 MPa or less. When the pressure conditions are within the above range, a fluoro-2-butene can be allowed to pass without warming through a container that is connected to a dry etching system.
• Temperature conditions during storage in the method for storing a fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment are not specifically limited, but the temperature is preferably ⁇ 20° C. or more and 50° C. or less and more preferably 0° C. or more and 40° C. or less.
• a container At a temperature of ⁇ 20° C. or more during storage, a container is unlikely to deform and thus is unlikely to lose the airtightness. This reduces the possibility of oxygen, water, or the like entering the container. If oxygen, water, or the like entered a container, polymerization reaction or decomposition reaction of a fluoro-2-butene could be accelerated.
• polymerization reaction or decomposition reaction of a fluoro-2-butene is suppressed.
• the fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment can be used as an etching gas.
• an etching gas containing the fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment is used in an etching process for producing a semiconductor having a film containing silicon (Si), a protective film is formed on a mask or a side wall, and thus etching selectivity is improved.
• An etching gas containing the fluoro-2-butene pertaining to the present embodiment can be used in both plasma etching with plasma and plasmaless etching without plasma.
• plasma etching examples include reactive ion etching (RIE), inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) etching, electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma etching, and microwave plasma etching.
• RIE reactive ion etching
• ICP inductively coupled plasma
• CCP capacitively coupled plasma
• ECR electron cyclotron resonance
• microwave plasma etching examples include microwave plasma etching.
• plasma may be generated in a chamber in which a member to be etched is placed, or a plasma generation chamber may be installed separately from a chamber in which a member to be etched is placed (i.e., remote plasma may be used).
• Fluoro-2-butenes containing hydrogen chloride at various concentrations were prepared. Fluoro-2-butene preparation examples will be described below.
• a manganese steel tank having a volume of 10 L and four manganese steel cylinders each having a volume of 1 L were prepared. These cylinders are called cylinder A, cylinder B, cylinder C, and cylinder D.
• the tank was filled with 5,000 g of (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (boiling point: 33° C.) and was cooled at 0° C. for liquefaction, and a liquid phase portion and a gas phase portion were formed at about 100 kPa.
• the cylinders A, B, C, and D were depressurized to 1 kPa or less by using a vacuum pump and then were cooled to ⁇ 78° C.
• a SUS tube having a diameter of 1 inch and a length of 30 cm was filled with 100 mL of molecular sieve 5A manufactured by Union Showa. The SUS tube was then connected to the tank.
• the flow rate of the gas passing through the SUS tube was adjusted to 500 mL/min by using a mass flow controller.
• the amount of (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas collected in the cylinder A was 495 g.
• the (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene collected in the cylinder A is regarded as sample 1-1.
• the (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas collected in the cylinder A was extracted from the upper outlet, and the concentration of hydrogen chloride was determined by using an infrared spectrometer. The result is shown in Table 1. Measurement conditions of the infrared spectrometer were as follows:
• Infrared spectrometer Nicolet iS10 FT-IR spectrometer manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific
• the temperature of the cylinder A was raised to about 0° C., and a liquid phase portion and a gas phase portion were formed. From the upper outlet where the gas phase portion was present in the cylinder A, 100 g of (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas was extracted and transferred to the cylinder B at a reduced pressure. From the tank, 10 g of (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas was extracted and transferred to the cylinder B at a reduced pressure. The temperature of the cylinder B was then raised to room temperature and was allowed to stand for 24 hours.
• the (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene after standing is regarded as sample 1-2. From the upper outlet where the gas phase portion was present in the cylinder B after standing, the (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas was extracted, and the concentration of hydrogen chloride was determined by using an infrared spectrometer. The result is shown in Table 1.
• the cylinder A was allowed to stand at 20° C. for 30 days, and then from the gas phase portion of the cylinder A, (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene gas was extracted and analyzed by gas chromatography to quantify the concentration of (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene in sample 1-1.
• (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene which is the isomerization reaction product of (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, was not detected.
• Injection temperature 200° C.
• Carrier gas helium

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